Tremors

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Promises

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Is it difficult for you too?
Or Am I suffering alone?

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Late night hours,
You know you need to sleep,
But you go on scrolling social media instead, mindlessly.
Like you're looking..
For something?
Or someone?
To talk to?
To re- live that flutter ,
Of sweet,
Deep,
Intense emotions.
It's been a while you haven't let your heart out,
It's been a while you've told/been told, "You're loved".
Been a while you've felt special,
More Invigorated and chirpy
rather than numb and enervated.

Tonight is the night of regret.
Or nostalgia?
Or yearning?
Is it Just tonight?

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"SUCCUMBED"

The nightsky, the stars,
The winds, the scars.

The tilted windowpane,
And the tainted moon,
The dry leaves,
And fresh wounds.

A pair of eyes,
And a blank stare,
On the lump of clouds,
That hang in there.

Thoughts like oceans,
And boats, of hope,
With holes deep,
And broken oars.

You push far,
To stay aboard,
& Wear out,
To the sea floor.

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"JNU VIOLENCE"

Here lies your right to dissent -
Decimated & obliterated,
Somewhere lost
between your voice of Dissent
and your "cries" for help -
wails that cry out loud
sadly not loud enough for the establishment to hear.

Here lies your right to dissent -
Diluted and soaked,
Into sweat, blood and tears.

Here lies your democracy,
Raped and harrassed,
Numb and nominal.

N here lie you, the dissenter,
Crippled - physically and emotionally,
Uprooted of the faith and values you held for the constitution and the rights it gave you.
This, my friend, is the dawn of our demise,
And i bid you adieu, with the guilt of helplessness that i could do nothing about it.

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Today,
When i look back into the past,
There are memories i can't live anymore,
There are mistakes i can't Rectify,
There are friends i can't be with,
There are strangers who were once friends,
There is me who is happier,
There is life that once existed.

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Along the shore,
Splashing pebbles into the ocean,
One after the other,
To ensure they don't appear dead and despaired,
Like the soul that i embody,
I'll be waiting..!!

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*STRAYED*

If only,
You could see through the garb of forced smile,
Explore the turbulent storms beneath,
Surf through my high and low tides,
embrace me like a warm sheath.

If only,
You could voice the vice i had been through,
Been there for me to listen to,
Understand that i've not had a good start,
How all i took pride in fell apart.

If only,
You could sit with me on a high rock,
Sing me through my callous talks,
Loved the way i'd never known,
Hugged me when i felt alone.

If only,
You could hold me in my gloomy days,
Comfort me in your many ways
Sense the sense in my yells irately,
See how messed up life has been lately.

You, my Aphrodite, had the rights to stay.

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The green meadows of my heart,
Went somewhat dry in your absence,
Turning all grim and pallid,
Like the long lost dungeons.

The lifeless leaves,
detached themselves from the trees,
To kiss the land of stoicism,
Just like us.

Eventually,
These parched pile of memories,
Submitted themselves to fire,
To fuel out rage and hatred,
Propagating a whole new outlook of the world-
PESSIMISM , AS THEY CALL IT.

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